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Epimenides
Epimenides
c. 650 BCE–c. 580 BCE · Knossos
Epimenides of Knossos in Crete was a semi-legendary Greek seer and poet traditionally placed in the 7th or 6th century BCE. Ancient stories credit him with purifying Athens from a plague and with a miraculous decades-long sleep, and religious and poetic works were attributed to him. Because so much about him is legendary, little can be stated as secure historical fact; a line attributed to him is quoted in the New Testament (Titus 1:12).
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About Knossos
Knossos, near modern Heraklion on the island of Crete, was the largest Bronze Age Minoan palace site and remained an important city in the historical Greek period. Ancient tradition makes it the home of Epimenides, a semi-legendary seer and purifier of the seventh or sixth century BC.
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